Powers/Abilities: Zethi has no powers as such, though he is an exceptional
fighter. Due to his curse he instantly falls asleep whenever he is removed
from a light source, and while in this state enters a form of suspended
animation.

History: While ancient Egypt mourned the passing of King Zamen, the
Pharaoh's young son Zethi prepared to don the mantle of leadership. He intended
to honour his father's memory by being a good ruler like Zamen had been,
but it was not to be. For the evil High Priest Thothek had his men capture
Zethi as he watched his father's funeral procession. Thothek had no desire
to face the wrath of the gods by assassinating the young ruler, nor to encounter
Zethi again in some future incarnation, so instead he fed his victim a potion
that dulled his senses. Thothek's men entombed Zethi in a pyramid, as the
High Priest laid a curse on him: "You shall sleep so long as darkness reigns!"

Shut away in the darkness, Zethi lay undisturbed for centuries, until in
1972, three millennia later, archaeologist Frank Jennings led an expedition
which uncovered his tomb. When they entered the crypt he slept in, Zethi
awoke the second the torches exposed him to light once more. At first he
believed Jennings and his men were minions of Thothek, but soon Zethi came
to realise this was not the case. Frank explained to him how long he had
been asleep, and the two formed a friendship as the archaeologist took the
displaced pharaoh under his wing. They set sale on a passenger ship bound
for England, where they encountered Baron Munsen, a rich businessman whose
astounding resemblance to Thothek immediately convinced Zethi that he was
in fact a reincarnation of his nemesis.

Arriving in the UK determined to prove that Munsen was his enemy reborn,
Zethi (and Frank) witnessed an attempt to hijack a security van just loaded
with gold from the ship they were disembarking from. Ignorant of the dangers
inherent in the machine guns carried by the crooks, Zethi took them on and
swiftly defeated them with his wrestling skills, although no one ever realised
that the thieves had been in the employ of Munsen. Afterwards Zethi told
the police officer who thanked him "I shall oppose evil in modern Britain,
just as my father did in ancient Egypt, Inspector!"

With Zethi determined to prove the link between Munsen and Thothek, and have
the curse of darkness lifted from him, he and Frank continued to have many
adventures. And in order for Zethi to find a way of earning a living in the
modern world, Frank used the youth's newfound fame and fighting skills to
set him up as a celebrity wrestler, under the name Kid Pharaoh.

Comments: When first I heard of this character I didn't consider him
a superhero, in spite of his unusual background, but rather a sports character
akin to Johnny Cougar. However upon reading his origin story it is clear
that he has every intention of being a crime fighter, and that it is his
friend Frank who turns him into a wrestler.